The document summarizes an individual project that examined factors influencing whether higher education institutions offer distance education programs. It looked at 16 predictors using data from 1500 institutions. The model was statistically significant but only explained 2% of variance. Significant predictors were lack of faculty interest, access to instructional resources, and interinstitutional issues. Assumptions of linearity, homoscedasticity, and normality of residuals were violated. Concerns included too many variables and not treating categorical variables correctly.